> Isn't temporarily blocking such a user a way to calm him/her down? I Yes it might be the way, but far not universal way. And it should be the last (ultimate) in moderator toolkit, far not the first to be used.
--Pavlo Shevelo On Fri, Sep 11, 2009 at 10:42 PM, Yaroslav M. Blanter <pute...@mccme.ru> wrote: >> By imposing strictly rule that, for example, discourse like "See this >> [...], I told you that members of WMF Board are liars!", you would >> exclude from communication a person who may point from time to time to >> some problem. Of course, nicely worded "Calm down!" should be said to >> that person, but such person shouldn't be instantly blocked after one >> or two emotional overreactions. And it is quite possible that we would >> have such situations if we strictly impose rules. >> > > Isn't temporarily blocking such a user a way to calm him/her down? I > admit, it might be not the nicest or even not the most efficient way, but > still? > > Cheers > Yaroslav > > > _______________________________________________ > foundation-l mailing list > foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
